Synergistic Porosity and Charge Effects in a Supramolecular Porphyrin Cage Promote Efficient Photocatalytic CO <sub>2</sub> Reduction** — Lun An (2022) | RDL Network
Synergistic Porosity and Charge Effects in a Supramolecular Porphyrin Cage Promote Efficient Photocatalytic CO <sub>2</sub> Reduction**
Article 2022 en
Authors
LA
Lun An
PT
Patricia De La Torre
PS
Peter T. Smith
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Abstract We present a supramolecular approach to catalyzing photochemical CO 2 reduction through second‐sphere porosity and charge effects. An iron porphyrin box ( PB ) bearing 24 cationic groups, FePB‐2(P) , was made via post‐synthetic modification of an alkyne‐functionalized supramolecular synthon. FePB‐2(P) promotes the photochemical CO 2 reduction reaction (CO 2 RR) with 97 % selectivity for CO product, achieving turnover numbers (TON) exceeding 7000 and initial turnover frequencies (TOF max ) reaching 1400 min −1 . The cooperativity between porosity and charge results in a 41‐fold increase in activity relative to the parent Fe tetraphenylporphyrin ( FeTPP ) catalyst, which is far greater than analogs that augment catalysis through porosity ( FePB‐3(N ), 4‐fold increase) or charge (Fe p ‐tetramethylanilinium porphyrin ( Fe‐ p ‐TMA ), 6‐fold increase) alone. This work establishes that synergistic pendants in the secondary coordination sphere can be leveraged as a design element to augment catalysis at primary active sites within confined spaces.
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